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This article analyzes the issue of fundamental rights and guarantees of those apprehended in cases of flagrancy. The importance of studying this issue is that the characteristics of these cases are often connected with human rights because the procedures prescribed by law and applied in these cases omit some conditions that may cause conflict with the fulfillment of rights, of the apprehended. In the theoretical part, the concept of flagrancy, its characteristics, the legal framework, procedure and the rights of the detainee are studied. The results of the study are extracted from the consultation carried out 4 judges of guarantees, 10 prosecutors, 4 public defenders and 7 private lawyers of the province of Veraguas. Outstanding in the answers obtained the possibility of violating procedural guarantees in cases of detention in flagrance by the procedure that is followed in such arrests.
